The Memphis NAACP and SCLC had a mix of hope and skepticism regarding President Trump's executive order to declassify records ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is pausing all active litigation being done by its civil rights division. How could this ...

Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, listening to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Civil Rights Museum is closely monitoring efforts to ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

Dr. King had been a part of the civil rights movement for about a decade by the time the ... was cut short when he was ...

Memphis, TN, Jan. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ... gives a comprehensive overview of the American Civil Rights Movement from slavery to the present. Since the Museum opened in 1991, millions of visitors ...

Guests are encouraged to visit the National Civil Rights Museum during MLK Day, with activities honoring Dr. King.

Bayard Rustin was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a lifelong advocate for non-violence, human rights and equality.

Just as the Civil Rights Movement didn't die with him ... He has mentored Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, the Memphis Democrat who made national news as one of the Tennessee Three when ...

While the Civil Rights Movement ... but Tennessee authorities refused to reopen the case, according to biography.com and Stanford. The Lorraine Motel is located in Memphis just blocks away from ...